We’ve mentioned that these free printable fish patterns would be great in a number of different arts and crafts projects. See below for some ideas of how you could use them.

Most simply, these free printable fish outline templates would be great as colouring-in pages for kids. Any of the different types of fish outlines would be great for this, as you could choose them depending on exactly what your kids are looking to colour in, or their age and ability.

You could let your little ones practice their cutting skills and get them to cut out fish pictures from the templates. They can then decorate them however they’d like and make a mixed media artwork. Just glue and layer them onto a larger piece of paper or canvas. This would especially work well as a group or classroom activity where each kid could make a fish for the piece and you put it on the classroom wall.

When they’re coloured in, decorated and cut out then these fish could be great additions for your next scrapbook project if you or the person you’re giving it to loves fish. Either this, or it would be great for a scrapbook to remember all of your best memories from a beach holiday or cruise.

They would also be great party decor for someone who loves fish, aquatic-themed things, or for a beach theme. They could be used as a part of a garland, banner, or even would make very cute table settings if you wrote people’s names on them and printed them out.

There are many other things you could also do, such as:

• Decorate them, then laminate and turn them into bookmarks
• Decorate them, attach them onto string and make a fish themed mobile for a very little one in the family
• Trace them onto and cut them out of craft foam and turn them into coasters
• Trace them onto fabric and use this outline for your next embroidery piece
• Or even cut the fish into different pieces and use them as a jigsaw puzzle!